CALHOUN HOUR - Get ready to party!

[vivariummods]

Every third day, there would normally be an Ambidex Round going on, but today, it's different. Calhoun still screeches for everyone to wake up, that will never change, but instead of trying to rush people into a Chromatic Door, he instead splits everyone up into groups. Child Test Subject (Kariya) with Fancy Test Subject (Zelos)! That's Team One. Team Two will have the Nice Test Subject (Hershel), Hat-wearing Test Subject (Akiko), and Ditzy Test Subject (Aoi)! Team Three is the Giant Test Subject (Jake), Also Nice Test Subject (Colette), and the Blind Test Subject (Light)! Finally, the rest will be Team Four, with Tiny Test Subject (Clive), Mean Test Subject (Heiji), and Will-Gladly-Drug-Again Test Subject (Ema). Oh, why is Team One having only two people instead of three? Where is the French Test Subject (Enjorlas)? Well, he got sick too, there must be something going around, so he was also quarantined for this moment, but don't worry, Team One! Calhoun has something up his sleeves for you, so you're not missing out. But anyway, each team needs to go into an AB Room and stay in there. This is going to be a fun game, and anyone who refuses? Well, then he can gladly make those bracelets go off, and then you can have a nice long death. It's up to you, really, but let's make this easy and have fun inside the rooms, okay? Well, he'll see you all soon! BASIC INFO ✖ TEAMS + ROOMS ✖ POST-GAME MINGLE ✖ CALHOUN'S CORNER ✖ GENERAL MINGLE

Comments

[skyentificmethod]

[if i hadn't tried it myself would i recommend such a thing]

Yeah... More people came even though no one... Well, even before anyone was taken...

[puzzlinglad]

[that's true and you seem pretty trustworthy, what could go wrong]

I still don't understand that- how is it still a Nonary Game with twelve people? Why bring them in at all, and why are they all so young?

[he shakes his head.] It all seems so pointless, but I guess it always does.

[skyentificmethod]

[exactly!!]

[she crosses her arms, jaw tight]

Apparently they wanted to get a good, randomized sample of test subjects, and that's why they added the children.

[puzzlinglad]

[can't argue with such a trustworthy face...]

That's... [he struggles with a good word that isn't redundant, but goes with redundant because yeah, that's all he's got.] awful. Is that what Calhoun used as an excuse?

[skyentificmethod]

[her answering bright smile is not very bright and not really a smile either]

Yup. So...there you go. What a fun and completely legitimate group we've gotten ourselves involved with.

[puzzlinglad]

[What a happy day.]

Do you think there's absolutely anything that they could be researching that would actually be worth all this?

[skyentificmethod]

It wouldn't matter if they were coming up with the cure for super AIDS, the common cold, and world peace. We've been kidnapped, confined, assaulted, and put into unsanitary conditions without any contact with legal counsel, all without our consent. That makes this immoral and illegal in pretty much any country I can think of.

[puzzlinglad]

That's true, no matter what they deserve to be arrested for what they've done. Still, part of me really hopes this is all for something and not just... I don't know, some mad whim or pointless game.

[skyentificmethod]

I wouldn't hold my breath.

[puzzlinglad]

At least it will make an interesting story when we get out of here.

[and a pause] Hey Ema, do you have any idea where you're from at all? Heiji and Akiko have been able to figure out a bit just from what clues we have.

[skyentificmethod]

Other than someone with stunning fashion sense, I've no idea. Can't think of much I know that other people wouldn't know, you know?

[puzzlinglad]

That's true, your name isn't a very big clue either. [or your weird fashionable get up.] At least getting a memory now may help with that, I hope we can all regain enough of our memories to know where we're from when we escape.

[skyentificmethod]

[oh like you can say anything about questionable fashion choices]

That much we should be able to figure out. And even if not, does it really matter? I mean...it's not like we aren't someone now. So even if that isn't 100 percent the same as the person we were before, we're still... I mean, it's close enough, right?

[puzzlinglad]

[how dare you not everyone can pull off pink sunglasses]

I suppose... I've been wondering about that, actually, do you think the people we are now can be completely different from who we are with our memories? I keep thinking it's unlikely we're all that different, but I don't know.

[skyentificmethod]

[much like top hats with crewnecks]

Depends on how much you believe in nature versus nurture. But if the only reason you act a certain way is due to one single thing in your past... Feels like you aren't being true to yourself, don't you think?